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V ■ m Psycho pitcher
leads Trojans
: a Sports, page 28
Effects of WWII are still felt in Europe
Viewpoint, page 4
Gothic dreams of ‘Demons’
Life / Arts, page 11
trojan
Volume CXIV, Number 60
University of Southern California
Tuesday, April 16, 1991
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Blanca Brown / Dally Trojan
Cut-out figures aJorn Trousdale Parkway as an advertisement for Songfest. This charity event featuring student song and dance performances will be held at the Shrine Auditorium on April 20.
Students light bonfires during recent blackout
Sample answers inquiries
100 percent aid policy in jeopardy
By Michael Utley
City Editor
University President Steven Sample, who began his third week in office Monday, said in a recent interview that the university's commitment to fulfill 100 percent of financial need for students may be in jeopardy if the economy worsens.
Though he stressed that the 100 percent commitment, which is currently being offered to students
who submit their aid applications on time, is something he would like to keep, he said, "If the nation moves into a major recession and the California economy becomes very tough in particular, then we simply won't be able to do it."
The commitment was something that former President James Zumberge brought to the university as one of his top priorities. It was suspended last year when an 18-percent drop in the number of freshmen forced several major cutbacks, but Zumberge brought it back this year.
The decision is largely up to the president and, with Zumberge gone, the university community has been looking to Sample for signs that he might continue it.
(See Sample, page 6)
By Glen Justice
Assistant City Editor
At 11:05 Sunday night, the lights went out all across the north campus area, plunging about 12,000 Department of Water and Power customers — many of them students — into total darkness for at least 40 minutes, officials said.
A fire at the local DWP distribution station caused the blackout, which encompassed a five-block area from Figueroa to Hoover streets between Adams and Jefferson boulevards. The area is filled with student housing, including fraternity and sorority row on 28th Street, Troy Complex and many other student apartments.
As the power went down, the Row lit up with firecrackers and bonfires as fraternity and sorority members emptied onto the street. Carrying flashlights and candles, students prowled the sidewalks and lined the rooftops to wait for repairs.
Smoke filled the air as fireworks and food flew between houses. Television crews arrived shortly after the power went down. A solitary camera man walked down the middle of the street sparking student cheers with the light from his camera.
"We were outside for awhile," said Audrey Miyasaka, a senior majoring in business and a member of the Chi Omega sorority. "The fraternities lit bonfires because it was so dark and cars were trying to get through. At first, we were
scared, but then everyone went outside.
"A lot of people went to check on each other — we all went to see if our friends were OK. It was fun," she said.
Though patrol cars drifted up and down the street shouting instructions, neither University Security nor the Los Angeles Police Department reported any incidents and no arrests were made.
"I've worked a lot of different watches and I've been with the city for 11 years, but I can't ever remember any trouble during a power outage," said LAPD Sgt. Roland Esquivel.
Meanwhile, DWP workers were making frantic repairs.
The fire at the DWP station burned for 15 minutes. Sixteen of 20 circuits were shut down as a preventive measure, said DWP spokesman Lucia Alvelais. One circuit provides power to about 800 people.
All but four circuits were restored by 11:45 p.m., leaving about 2,400 customers without power, Alvelais said, and all power was restored by 2 a.m.
"We have periodic outages. When it rains, we usually lose power for a few minutes," said Alvelais, who added that there were problems with the circuits earlier in the day. "It can be the weather, a problem with the system or human error. Fires are not that common."
Alvelais said the average customer loses power twice each month.
Cardinal Gardens broken into three times last week
By Aric Johnson
Staff Writer
Three Cardinal Garden residents reported separate burglary incidents last week, two occurring while the students were in their apartments.
None of the victims reported any direct contact with the prowler or prowlers, but all three said the university's Access Security System was not functioning on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, the days the apartments were broken into.
No security measures were taken to protect the building, the students said.
The victims all live on the first floor and said the screens of their open bedroom windows, which all face inside the complex, were either gone or tampered with.
All three victims reported the incidents to security officials. The Daily Trojan learned of the burglaries late Monday, but Los Angeles Police Department detec-
(See Burglary, page 9)
Felons serve in revamped hotel
One-third of wages from outside jobs go to victims
By Roy J. Chung
Staff Writer
They are serving prison terms for embezzlement, grand-theft auto and multiple drunk-driving offenses — but Gerry Miranda said it's not so bad.
Miranda, 27, who embezzled $20,000 from a law firm, is serving a two-year prison sentence in a remodeled hotel near campus.
The hotel, once a popular destination for tourists, now serves as a California correctional facility that houses 85 inmates.
The Restitution Center, near 37th Street and Grand Avenue, requires that inmates work and pay one-third of their wages to their victims.
"I had always intended to pay back restitution,'' said Miranda, dressed in a shirt and tie.
Under the guidelines of the program — the first of its kind in California — inmates are required to secure employment within 90 days of their arrival or they are taken back to jail.
(See Halfway, page 10)
Jeft Wachner / Dally Trojan
Halfway house located at 37th and Grand streets

V ■ m Psycho pitcher
leads Trojans
: a Sports, page 28
Effects of WWII are still felt in Europe
Viewpoint, page 4
Gothic dreams of ‘Demons’
Life / Arts, page 11
trojan
Volume CXIV, Number 60
University of Southern California
Tuesday, April 16, 1991
Shadow dancin’
.*y
* -a *’ v
■ .
«, rtT*
i F • ■«
■■ >*, *%•
M *
Blanca Brown / Dally Trojan
Cut-out figures aJorn Trousdale Parkway as an advertisement for Songfest. This charity event featuring student song and dance performances will be held at the Shrine Auditorium on April 20.
Students light bonfires during recent blackout
Sample answers inquiries
100 percent aid policy in jeopardy
By Michael Utley
City Editor
University President Steven Sample, who began his third week in office Monday, said in a recent interview that the university's commitment to fulfill 100 percent of financial need for students may be in jeopardy if the economy worsens.
Though he stressed that the 100 percent commitment, which is currently being offered to students
who submit their aid applications on time, is something he would like to keep, he said, "If the nation moves into a major recession and the California economy becomes very tough in particular, then we simply won't be able to do it."
The commitment was something that former President James Zumberge brought to the university as one of his top priorities. It was suspended last year when an 18-percent drop in the number of freshmen forced several major cutbacks, but Zumberge brought it back this year.
The decision is largely up to the president and, with Zumberge gone, the university community has been looking to Sample for signs that he might continue it.
(See Sample, page 6)
By Glen Justice
Assistant City Editor
At 11:05 Sunday night, the lights went out all across the north campus area, plunging about 12,000 Department of Water and Power customers — many of them students — into total darkness for at least 40 minutes, officials said.
A fire at the local DWP distribution station caused the blackout, which encompassed a five-block area from Figueroa to Hoover streets between Adams and Jefferson boulevards. The area is filled with student housing, including fraternity and sorority row on 28th Street, Troy Complex and many other student apartments.
As the power went down, the Row lit up with firecrackers and bonfires as fraternity and sorority members emptied onto the street. Carrying flashlights and candles, students prowled the sidewalks and lined the rooftops to wait for repairs.
Smoke filled the air as fireworks and food flew between houses. Television crews arrived shortly after the power went down. A solitary camera man walked down the middle of the street sparking student cheers with the light from his camera.
"We were outside for awhile," said Audrey Miyasaka, a senior majoring in business and a member of the Chi Omega sorority. "The fraternities lit bonfires because it was so dark and cars were trying to get through. At first, we were
scared, but then everyone went outside.
"A lot of people went to check on each other — we all went to see if our friends were OK. It was fun," she said.
Though patrol cars drifted up and down the street shouting instructions, neither University Security nor the Los Angeles Police Department reported any incidents and no arrests were made.
"I've worked a lot of different watches and I've been with the city for 11 years, but I can't ever remember any trouble during a power outage," said LAPD Sgt. Roland Esquivel.
Meanwhile, DWP workers were making frantic repairs.
The fire at the DWP station burned for 15 minutes. Sixteen of 20 circuits were shut down as a preventive measure, said DWP spokesman Lucia Alvelais. One circuit provides power to about 800 people.
All but four circuits were restored by 11:45 p.m., leaving about 2,400 customers without power, Alvelais said, and all power was restored by 2 a.m.
"We have periodic outages. When it rains, we usually lose power for a few minutes," said Alvelais, who added that there were problems with the circuits earlier in the day. "It can be the weather, a problem with the system or human error. Fires are not that common."
Alvelais said the average customer loses power twice each month.
Cardinal Gardens broken into three times last week
By Aric Johnson
Staff Writer
Three Cardinal Garden residents reported separate burglary incidents last week, two occurring while the students were in their apartments.
None of the victims reported any direct contact with the prowler or prowlers, but all three said the university's Access Security System was not functioning on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday, the days the apartments were broken into.
No security measures were taken to protect the building, the students said.
The victims all live on the first floor and said the screens of their open bedroom windows, which all face inside the complex, were either gone or tampered with.
All three victims reported the incidents to security officials. The Daily Trojan learned of the burglaries late Monday, but Los Angeles Police Department detec-
(See Burglary, page 9)
Felons serve in revamped hotel
One-third of wages from outside jobs go to victims
By Roy J. Chung
Staff Writer
They are serving prison terms for embezzlement, grand-theft auto and multiple drunk-driving offenses — but Gerry Miranda said it's not so bad.
Miranda, 27, who embezzled $20,000 from a law firm, is serving a two-year prison sentence in a remodeled hotel near campus.
The hotel, once a popular destination for tourists, now serves as a California correctional facility that houses 85 inmates.
The Restitution Center, near 37th Street and Grand Avenue, requires that inmates work and pay one-third of their wages to their victims.
"I had always intended to pay back restitution,'' said Miranda, dressed in a shirt and tie.
Under the guidelines of the program — the first of its kind in California — inmates are required to secure employment within 90 days of their arrival or they are taken back to jail.
(See Halfway, page 10)
Jeft Wachner / Dally Trojan
Halfway house located at 37th and Grand streets